At Tuesday's county commission meeting, Mann said he couldn’t believe that the artist, Pam Rambo, would make up her story about being promised the vehicle.

"I can't believe that the [artist would] make up a story like 'I was promised this car if I put shells all over it.' That doesn't make any sense to me. I've got to believe she probably heard from somebody at the county level, something that she thought said, what I just said," Mann said.

Mann's statement goes against what Lee County Attorney Richard Wesch has been saying.

"The county is not admitting or conceding that any county employee ever told Ms. Rambo that at the end of the county usage of this vehicle, she would have possession or ownership of the car," Lee County attorney Richard Wesch said.

Even though Rambo filed a federal lawsuit against the county, Mann said he'd like to "see this issue behind us."

"We're paying more in attorneys fees than the car is worth," Mann said.

Wesch said the county is preparing to file its answer to Rambo's complaint this week.

He also said resolution discussions are continuing.

"We recognize that would be a more economically viable resolution to the case and should we get there, we will present that to the board," Wesch said. "We [have to] respond to the federal litigation as the risk of being defaulted, so we have to preserve the litigation track while we continue to resolve amicably through negotiation and settlement."

Rambo's attorney, Joe Coleman believes Wesch is being disingenuous.

"Unfortunately at this juncture, we don't consider that position that they're actively and progressively trying to amicably resolve this situation, to be truthful or accurate," said Joe Coleman, attorney at Woodward, Pires & Lombardo. "We have sent numerous offers to try to resolve this matter. They have been met with rejection or no response at all. We have not received any response from the county trying to resolve this matter, and we would look forward to any response or offer from the county to try to resolve this," Coleman said.

Coleman said he is sending the county another settlement offer Wednesday evening to try and resolve this case.